The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-03
SEVENTH DAY ADvEMTlSTS.
[CoMMUNICATED.1


We went to the lecture room of
the international Missionary Society,
last evening, at the hour appointed
for services and found the congre-
CATION gathering in this people seem
to have a way of moving forward
with their work in quiet way and
yet awakening an interest in the
study of the Scriptures.
AT the close of the song service,
the speaker spent few minutes i'm
answering questions that had been
presented, and, by the way, this is
an interesting feature in these meet
ings which we believe, is not usually
practiced by the clergy. The text
was Matt. 17:5-"This is my be-
loved Son in whom / am we'll
pleased, hear We him."
The speaker said it is an old pro-
verb that-"There are two sides to
every story" While we shall not
assail the truthfulness of this, we
wish to state that truth has but one
side; and the question before us
tonight is one of importance be-
cause it involves a duty we owe to
our God. 1t is fact that nearly
all religionists worship on the first
day Sunday, while some worship
on the seventh day (Sabbath). No
one can doubt but that good con-
scientious persons are ranged on
each side of this question yet it is
patent to all that both cannot be
right. Then it is every Christians
duty to seek after the truth on this
question and in our search we must
heed the admonition found in the
last clause of our teXt-"Hear We
him" (Christ). l am an observer
of the seventh day; but if any per-
son will show me from the Bible
that l am in error on this point, 1
will Immediately become first day
advocate. Let us hear Christ in
regard to the Sabbath and law.
Mr.. Curtis then made some very
forcible arguments on the following
lists. In Christ's sermon on the
mount, he said: "Think not that
am come to destroy the law or the
prophets; l am not come TO destroy
but to fulfill" 1t was shown that
"fullill' could not mean abrogate
by referring to Matt. 3:15 but that
it means "fully to preach" Cal.
1925 (margin). He then explained
the ''jot" and "tittle" of Mat. 5 :lS,
which is, indeed, very strong argu-
ment for the perpetuity of all the
law of God. Christ kept the seventh
day (Sabbath) all his life-Luke
4:lG. He said it was made for
man-Mark 2:27; hence it was
made for Gentle as well as jew. He
based eternal life upon obedience to
all the law of God-Matt. 1917.
Christ finished the work of creation
on the sixth day and rested on the
seventh, after which he blessed and
sanctified it; thus we have his ex-
ample in the infancy of the world as
q Sabbath-keeper. 1000 years after
when he came to the earth as its re-
deemer we have his example as a
Sabbath-keeper all through his life,
and he closed his earthly ministry
on the sixth day of the week again,
and again rested on the seventh day,
as he had done 1000 years pre-
vious; and after the Sabbath was
passed'he arose early the first day
of the week. His followers also
kept the Sabbath of the command
ment after his death-Luke 20 :5G.
These points were all dwelt upon by
the speaker, and made very plain.
The subject announced for this
evening is-''The Sabbath in the
Apostolic Age"
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